Top Eats from Down Under: The Best Australian Restaurants and Cafes in Singapore
What have the Australians given us? Aside from their stellar fish and chips (some say better than their British counterparts), hearty meat pies, and, …
Author: Rachel Tay
Over-caffeinated, bookish, and just the right amount of manic, Rachel is most often found dashing between the library and her bed. When she isn't reading or fretting over impending deadlines, she enjoys sketching, painting, and attempting to pet every cat that she comes across. Fuelled by chocolate and cakes, but never chocolate cakes.
An Alternative Art Escapade in Singapore: Museums and Art Establishments to Visit
So you’ve visited the incredible artist retrospectives at the National Gallery, admired the fascinating collection of the Singapore Art Museum, and pl…
Fishy Business: Where to Eat Some of the Best Fish and Chips in Singapore
Alongside the quintessential Sunday Roast, Fish and Chips is another classic British food that has taken over the world and, not least, Singapore. For, with its crispy fries and even tastier golden-br…
5 Cigar Rooms in Singapore to Enjoy Your Smoke and Spirits
Known for his wit and profligacy, the American author, Mark Twain, was rumoured to have once proclaimed, “If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, then I s…
5 Things to Do in Singapore This Week: 11 September to 17 September 2017
This week, rev up for the jam-packed F1 weekend with a series of eminent exhibitions and parties. From the ArtScience Museum’s latest SERPENTIForm exh…
What To See, Do, and Eat on Your Weekend Getaway to Batam, Indonesia
Compared to its more sophisticated counterparts such as Bali and Yogyakarta, or its cosmopolitan cousin Jakarta, Batam seems to us like the underachieving step-sister of Indonesia. Its proximity to Si…
Restaurant Review: Starker Q, Bringing Fresh Beer and Tasty Food to Punggol, Singapore
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Punggol, Singapore, right beside the maze-like Waterway Point shopping mall, is Starker Q, the latest addition to the…
5 Things to Do This Week in Singapore: 4 September to 10 September 2017
As the country’s biggest public art festivals draw to a close and we move on from the height of Singapore’s art calendar, why not take a crack at some…
Review: SIFA 2017’s Guilty Landscapes III Is A Pointed Examination of the Politics of Seeing
Consider the triad of relations between art, its subject, and its audience. Now consider the dynamics that lies within. “It is seeing,” as John Berger writes in his seminal Ways of Seeing, “which esta…
Secondhand Bookstores in Singapore Every Book Lover Should Know About
They say to never judge a book by its cover, and certainly, this rule-of-thumb comes in particularly handy when ploughing through mountainous stacks o…